Bad Etymology

Politics, n. from polis, a fortified city-state, and tics; hence the sum of those idiosyncrasies, twitches and grimaces shared by residents of an armed camp.

Superman, n. a Latino-Germanic mistranslation of Übermensch (above-human), perpetrated in order to warp a complex metaphysical ideal into conformity with the grotesque racial and sexual doctrines of comic-book America.